Monthly Archive: May 2023
New Rochelle expects to receive consultants’ recommendations on the formation of a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) by mid-summer, according to an update presented to the city’s Community-Police Partnership Board (CPPB) at its quarterly...
The Brooker Drainage Analysis Study: What does it mean for New Rochelle? In March and April, City Hall hosted a series of presentations on the Citywide Drainage Study conducted by Brooker Engineering, PLLC. The...
On March 20, 2023, Westchester County Legislator Damon Maher attended a meeting of New Rochelle Against Racism (New RoAR) to speak and answer questions about his candidacy for Mayor of New Rochelle. The conversation...
Starbucks, Rettner Realty, City of New Rochelle Continue Supporting Environmental Racism Despite community objections voiced to the City of New Rochelle and Starbucks, Rettner Building Management Corporation continues construction of a Starbucks drive-thru at...
In the United States, Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, no matter their education or income level. Similarly, Black babies die twice as often as white...
New Rochelle voters approved new school and library budgets and a school bond issue and elected new members of the Board of Education and the Library board in local voting in New Rochelle on...
Community Benefits Program fuels a race to the bottom. The Anderson Plaza ribbon cutting on April 21 marked the completion of the City of New Rochelle’s most ambitious project yet under the “Community Benefits...
Two New Rochelle units of the Boys & Girls Club face separate crises as a result of issues with water. The Mascaro unit, at 79 7th Street, and the Remington unit, currently under construction...
Construction Execs and Subcontractors Conspired to Fraudulently Use Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises as Pass-Through Entities to Obtain Contracts for Affordable Housing Developments Engaged in Payroll and Insurance Fraud and Other Forms of Corruption...
How notice of non-compliance from HUD is treated by the City of New Rochelle In December 2022, then City Manager Chuck Strome received two letters from the federal government’s Department of Housing and Urban...